Chavana Spa Wins Leading Wellness and Spa Brand at Maldives Travel Awards 2012.
October 26, 2012 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Chavana Spa was honored to receive the Leading Wellness and Spa Brand Award during the recent Maldives Travel Awards 2012, initiated by the Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO).
With the aim to recognise facilities and service excellence provided in the industry, 21 awards were presented across multiple categories including spas, resorts, hotels, cruises, aviation and transport. MATATO currently represents more than 50 travel agents and tour operators in the Maldives, with its mission to enhance the travel and tourism industry through unity, empowerment and cooperation.
Chavana Spa, a Mandara Spa Company, began its operations in the Maldives at Chaaya Island Dhonveli in 2010. Today, there are eight Chavana Spa locations in total, including Chaaya Lagoon Hakuraa Huraa, Adaaran Select Meedhupparu, Adaaran Club Rannalhi and J Resort Alidhoo in the Maldives.
Trent Munday, Regional Vice President of Mandara Spa Asia Limited, said, “We are delighted to have received this award. It is a testament to the hard work of our entire team in the Maldives over many years and a wonderful recognition of their dedication and commitment to providing the very best to our guests and the resorts with which we collaborate.”
Steiner Leisure Limited is a worldwide provider and innovator in the fields of beauty, wellness and education. We are dedicated to maintaining the highest quality standards and continually evolving to include and anticipate new developments within our industry. We aim to maintain and expand our existing diverse portfolio of services, products and brands, as well as to seek out new opportunities to complement our business.
Our services include traditional and alternative massage, body and skin treatment options, fitness, acupuncture, herbal medicine, medi-spa treatments and laser hair removal. We are committed to providing our customers with a wide-ranging assortment of beauty products, including premium quality options developed by us under our own brands, as well as those purchased from third parties.
Our distribution channels include our shipboard and land-based spas and salons, destination spas, health clubs, department stores and third party retail outlets and distributors. We also sell our products on certain British Airways flights, on QVC, by catalog, and online through our websites, including www.timetospa.com and www.blissworld.com.
Our post secondary schools offer programs in massage therapy and skin care, among others, and, along with our recruiting and training operations, prepare spa professionals for careers in the health and wellness industry, including within the Steiner family of companies.
Our cruise line operations are conducted in spas onboard 157 ships, including Azamara Club Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Cunard Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Lines, Silversea Cruises, Thomson Cruises and Windstar Cruises.
Our land-based spa operations are carried out under our Elemis®, Mandara®, Chavana®, Bliss® and Remède® brands and take place in 68 locations, including resort spas, urban hotel spas and day spas. In addition, a total of 28 resort and hotel spas are operated under our brands by third parties pursuant to license agreements with the company. Our land-based customers include Caesar's Entertainment, Hilton Hotels, InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, Kerzner International, Loews Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Nikko Hotels, Planet Hollywood, Sofitel Luxury Hotels, St. Regis Hotels, W Hotels and Resorts and Westin Hotels and Resorts.
Our Ideal Image customized laser hair removal services are provided by highly trained, experienced practitioners through a nationwide network of 94 treatment centers (17 of which are operated by franchisees) across 30 states.
We develop and sell a variety of high quality beauty products under our Elemis, La Therapie™, Bliss, Remède, Laboratoire Remède® and Jou® brands.
Our schools operations consist of 12 post-secondary schools (comprised of a total of 30 campuses) located in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe and Tucson, Arizona; Westminster and Aurora, Colorado; Groton, Newington and Westport, Connecticut; Miami, Orlando, Pompano Beach, Sarasota and Tampa/St. Pete, Florida; Chicago, Crystal Lake and Woodridge, Illinois; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Las Vegas, Nevada; Hoboken and Wall, New Jersey; King of Prussia and York, Pennsylvania; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City and Lindon, Utah; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Federal Way and Seattle, Washington. Offering programs in massage therapy and, in some cases, skin care, these schools train and qualify spa professionals for health and beauty positions within the industry, including our own operations.
As part of our employee recruitment operations for our shipboard spas, we provide education to our shipboard employees through our rigorous training programs, at our primary training facilities near London, England or one of our satellite training centers in South Africa and the Philippines. These employees are sourced primarily from the British Isles, Australia, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Canada, the Caribbean and continental Europe.
For further information on Chavana Spa, please visit www.chavanaspa.com
havana Spa Asia Corporate Office:
33-4, 4th Floor, Block H, Dataran Prima,
Jalan PJU 1/37, Petaling Jaya,
47301, Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia
Tel: +60 3 7880 6588
Fax: +60 3 7880 9588
[email protected]
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